01 First ring, west of Minneapolis
St. Louis Park sits immediately west of Minneapolis and also borders Edina, Golden Valley, Minnetonka, Plymouth, and Hopkins.
Census 2020 counted 50,010 people on 10.63 square miles of land — 4,705.5 residents per square mile, tighter than Edina and far tighter than the west-metro lake towns. Wikipedia lists elevation at 899 feet. The St. Louis Park Historical Society describes oak-savanna uplands broken by ponds, wetlands, and Minnehaha Creek on the southwest flank. Dense postwar lots sit next to apartment and commercial districts and industrial land along the old railroad corridors.
The Twin Cities climate figure we use is 51.2 inches a year at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport (MSP / NCEI station USW00014922), the 1991–2020 NOAA climate normal — the same number the Minnesota DNR State Climatology Office publishes. That is the airport station, not a city-by-city total.
02 The exemption list
When the city declares a snow emergency, most streets must be cleared of cars until they are plowed to the curb. Over 90 streets are winter parking exemption areas. On those, on-street parking is usually allowed except when no-parking signs are posted for a curb-to-curb cleanup. The live list is on the exemption page.
A separate rule is simpler: no parking on any city street more than 48 hours. Chapter 24, Section 51 also bans pushing snow into or across any street or alley. The walk in front of the building is not optional either — Section 24-342 treats leftover snow, ice, and rubbish on sidewalks as a public nuisance the owner has to remove. Read the city’s snow and ice FAQs.
03 What we plow
Plow MN clears residential driveways and walkways and commercial lots in St. Louis Park. Licensed and insured. Seasonal contracts or per-plow. We do not run the public emergency. We open the private surface that still has to work while the exemption streets and the rest of the grid play out.
Call (612) 200-2256 or use the form.
04 St. Louis Park questions
The city declares one so most streets can be cleared of cars until crews plow to the curb. More than 90 streets are winter parking exemption areas where on-street parking is usually allowed except when no-parking signs go up for a curb-to-curb cleanup. See winter parking exemptions.
City ordinance does not allow parking on any city street more than 48 hours. That rule is separate from the emergency. A car that has not moved in two days is already in the way of the next pass.
Yes. City Code Chapter 24, Section 24-342 treats snow, ice, and rubbish remaining on sidewalks as a public nuisance the owner must remove. Chapter 24, Section 51 prohibits pushing snow into or across any street or alley. The snow and ice FAQs are the city’s write-up.
Census 2020: 50,010 people on 10.63 square miles of land — 4,705.5 per square mile. Postwar lots sit next to apartment and commercial blocks with little off-street parking. That is why the exemption-street list exists, and why a private driveway still has to be opened while the emergency holds the rest of the curb.
No. Public Works runs the emergency and the public streets. Plow MN is licensed and insured. We plow residential driveways and walkways and commercial lots, seasonal or per-plow.
The Twin Cities climate figure we use is 51.2 inches a year at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport (MSP / NCEI station USW00014922), the 1991–2020 NOAA climate normal — the same number the Minnesota DNR State Climatology Office publishes. That is the airport station, not a city-by-city total.
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